Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Chapters 1-18

Reading Check

1. How does Ellie save Quiet?

2. What happened to Ellie’s father?

3. Who is said to live up on the mountain?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why do Ellie and her family have to move to the mountain?

2. How is Ellie different from her mother and sister?

Paired Resource

“List of 1930 Major News Events in History”

• News resource following the major stories of the 1930s in America
• When you think of 1930s America, what do you picture and why?

Chapters 19-33

Reading Check

1. What condition is Cate in when Ellie first finds her?

2. Who leads Ellie up the mountain?

3. Who is at Cate’s house when Ellie returns?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What does Ellie do with the snake she finds in the bathroom, and why?

2. How does Ellie’s mother react when she finds out that Ellie went up the mountain?

Paired Resource

What Is a Coma?

• Scientific resource describing what a coma is and the various types of comas
• This resource connects to the novel’s theme The Forces of Healing.